Folding umbrella.



A. WEBER.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLIUATIUN FILED DBO. 1910,

Patented July 22, 1913.

ALBERT WEBER, F UNION, NEW YORK.

FOLDING UMBR'IEH'JLA.v

Speccaton of Letters Patent. Patented July 22, .1913- Application filedDecember 6, 1910.. Serial No. 595,908.

To all iti/wm. t may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT VEBER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Union, in the county of Broome andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in FoldingUmbrellas, of

, which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding um-A brellas, and the object of theinvention is to provide an umbrella traine which may be'easily andquickly collapsed in order that the same may be folded into a smallbundle and whereby the umbrella may be carried in the pocket. of theowner or packed within a trunk or satchel when desired.

lli/lith the above and other objects in view Y which wili appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view showing the device -in its raised position.

2 is a similar view illustrating the de- I vice in its collapsed orfolded position. Fig;

is a detail sectional view ot the slide. Fig. is a similar view of theportion ot one or" the sectional brace members. Fig. 5 is a view of thejoint connecting the sec- 'ii ribs. Fig. (i a plan view of the Ak tri/fmwhich the joint is struck. Fig. a z vec-tive View of the hinge memberconnecting the inner rib section with the outer brace section.

is to be unffierstood that. the cover of lla is secured to the trame inthe oramai-y manner4` the cover, being of tlexible material, does notinterfere with the operation of any of the parts. It is omitted i thedrawing in order that the frameto which the inyention appertains,

more clearly illustrated.

aceoinpa ying drawings, the nu- 1 designates the stati of the umbrella.The. 1 is iornied of a plurality of tubular members. and in the showingillustrated in the drawing the said statt comprises an upper section :2which is slidably mounted in a second section 3, while connected withthe lower extremity of the said section 3 is a hollow handle 1. T helower no1-tion ci the member 3 is cliset or provided with an annular rib5, while directly above the said rib the section isthreaded as at 6.',he handle 4 is formed with an offset shouider the latter adapted toengage with the rib 5 .of the section 3, and the hollow handle is formedwith threads 8 above the said shoulder 7, the threads adapted to coactwith the threadss of the member 3. By this arrangement it will be notedthat upon grasping the member 3 and rotating the handle 4e, so as tobring threads Iout of engagement with the threads of the member 3, thesaid member may be easily and quickly telescoped within the hollowhandle 4. The lower extremity of the upper staff section 2 is formedwith an annular rib 9 and the said rib is adapted to coact with theshoulder l() formed adjacentthe upper extremity of the st-aii" section3.' The hollow section 2 is formed upon its opposite faces andrv at aproper distance from each other with suitable openings 11 vand '12. Bothof these openings are adapted to receive the outwardly projectingportions of spring catches 13 and 14. The catch 13 is adapted tol engagewith the upper end of the section 3 when lthe sectional staff is in itsspread position asy illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The springcatch 14 is adapted to sustainthe slide of the device in a manner whichwill presently be set forth.

integrally formed upon or otherwise connected. with the open top of thestati secr tion 2 is the top notch 15 of the device. Pivotaliy securedwithinthe spaced depressions provided by the notch are the inner ribsections 16 of the cover support. These rib sections are of the ordinaryformation and are provided, adjacenttheir extremities with the joints17. These joints 17 are constructed of a single piece of tiattenedmaterialand are bent to have their body portions of a substantiallycross sectional U shape. The said extremities of the connecting portionsof the U- shaped bodies are cut away as designated by the numerals 18and pivotally connect-ed .to the `sides of the joints between the 'saidcut away portions 18 and opposite the pivotal connection of thesaidjoints with the members 16, are the outer rib sections 19.

It will be noted that the top or-connecting portion of the joints 17 isarranged so that the downwardly extending portions of each of the -ribsections will contact the saine, when the umbrella is in its openposition as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and that the sidewalls contacting the sides oi' the said ribs will be tightly engaged bythe sides of the said joints, and thus producing 25 braces 24.

a strong and etfective jointure ofthe sebioffis Y I 6 and 19` It willbemfurther noted that the cut-away portions 18 of the connecting,mem-v'ber provide U-shaped slots', the inneredges of which are adaptedto'engage the rib sections 16 and 19When oldedso as to hold saidsections in-proper spaced relation.

.Mounted upon the stati", is a slide 20.4

.This slide 20iis constri'ieted-ot-iesilient mal0 terial and comprises asubstantially. ellipsoid formation, the saine being formed.' with aplurality of longitudinally extending slits extending toward 'theenlarged' center thereof from each of its reduced ends. The said reducedends are each' formed with a flaring mouth 21, so that Vthe said slidemay readily pass from one of the staff sections to the other and totightly engage each or both of the said stall sections. The cent-rallyenlarge'd or bulging portion of theslide 20 is formed with the lowernotch 22 fof the umbrella and pivotally connected between thedepressions of the said notch are they inner and shorter members 23 ofthe sectional The' outer sections 525 of the braces .2st are hingedlyconnected with the' sections 23 through the medium 'of rule joints 26.By this arrangement. the .sections may be broken in only one directionand :iO-tbattoward the stall' the umbrella; The

outer extremities of the sections 25 are pivot:1ll`y connectedto theinner rib menbel'fl through the medium; of hinge joints 27.

- Each of the hinge joints S27-is formed of a single stripofsuitableinaterial,'the same comprising a substantially U-shaped bodyportion which is adapted to overlie the'cross Asectional U-shaped member16.. The inner .or free edges of the member 27 are each bent 4o inwardlyvto provide `what may betermed ways :28, the same 'adapted'A to engagethe inner sides and edges of the cross sectional U-shapedmember16- Thenumeral 29 designates the removable tip 'of the unfi'brella. Thistip'has its lower extremity constructed of some suitable ilexif blematerial, the same being 'slitted so as A,to be eilectively sustainedwithin the open the ribs adjacent the top notch 15 of the def-:1 vice.

When it is desired to 'collapse the frame tothe position illustrated inFig. 2, thesec# tion 3 is lirst telescoped within the handle 4 aspreviously described. rIhe spring catch 13'is pressed Wit-hin the hollowstaatl vsec-j' tien to allow the said section to collapse within thesection 3. The sections 23 and 25 of the brace Qd are broken at theirhinges 26,' vand the slideis forced upwardlyv until after 'the same haspassed the spring` catch 14 which contacts and sustainsthelower edgethereof. The outer rib sections 19ers then folded as illustrated in thesaid 1F`ig. 2 'of the drawings andthe covering, not shown,

-is received within the space between the 'rib sections 16 and 19. l

Having thus fully described the invention, What'I claim as new, is s n Afoldingumbrella comprising a pluralityol" telescopic sect-ions, eachdecreasing .iii diameter and provided witlrribs and braces y for saidribs, of a slide constructed from a single piece-of resilient' materialhaving an enlarged central fportion spacedl from said sections and`converging opposite end por?" tions slit through their length andnormally disposed in contact-ing engagement with said sections, andapertured lugs formed integrally with said central portion and adaptedto connect the braces of said ribs for .the purpose specified. d

in presence oftwo witnessl ALBERT WEBER.

In testimony whereof I ailixmy signature 9.ol

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